I had my first baby two weeks after I finished college. And in the months that followed, the questions just came rolling in from my fellow graduates, child-free friends, older career moms, and former professors: “Do you feel like you’re being challenged in your daily life?” “Are you getting to do ...
I love your birth photo, but I don’t love mine
I love birth photos. The ones with the exhausted new mom clutching her naked new baby in sheer joy. Love to see them, and love to hear the stories behind them. But, I don't have one of those. Or at least I didn't with my first baby. I have this kind of awkward picture that I’ve only let a ...
My husband isn’t in love with me and here’s why
"I love you, Katie. But I'm not in love with you," said The Boy who broke my 16-year-old heart. And with that, our 18-month-long relationship (an eternity in teenage time) was over. That statement: to love but not be in love. I didn't know what it meant, what The Boy meant. All that I knew was ...